DJ Khaled’s Suffering from Success features an extensive list of collaborators, but perhaps none with as high-profile a collection of artists as “Never Surrender,” which features Scarface, Jadakiss, Meek Mill, Akon, John Legend, and Anthony Hamilton.
In a making-of video on WorldStarHipHop, Face discussed the perception that Khaled is not a producer.
“A lot of people get that fucked up. They think that a producer make beats and shit,” explained the Houston Rap legend. “No, a producer gets the job done. Khaled is more of a producer than a whole bunch of motherfuckers that make beats, in my opinion.”
“He producers his own shit. He got niggas that make beats, but a producer… finishes the shit. Producing is gettin’ it done,” said Scarface.
Scarface also went into detail about his verse on “Never Surrender.” “The story that I wrote about was this story right here. His homeboy, they was all in the house after a party, they was chillin’ and kickin’ it, whatever, I guess. Killed the homie, took the money, got him to open the safe, locked him back up in the house. Twenty years ago, twenty-one years ago. It’s the first time we’ve been back over here in these particular apartments. I just felt like it was only right to show this shit, because this is like a pillar.”
The incident left a long-lasting impact on Scarface’s neighborhood, he explained. “This is when our neighborhood, really, was finally like said, ‘Man, if you ain’t grew up with us, my nigga, we don’t fuck with you, period.'”
During the video, Khaled also explained the thought process behind having three major R&B stars in Akon, John Legend, and Anthony Hamilton on one hook. “Everybody’s gonna sing the hook, because this is gonna touch the nerve of the gutter, but in a soulful way. They gonna talk about this when it come out… What I just named is an event.”
Khaled has collaborated with Scarface on “Hip Hop” from his 2012 release Kiss the Ring. Akon collaborations include “My Life” from 2011’s We the Best Forever, “Out Here Grindin'” from 2008’s We Global, and “We Takin’ Over” from 2007’s We the Best. Khaled collaborated with John Legend on “Grammy Family” from Listennn… The Album and the title track from 2010’s Victory.
Suffering From Success is due in stores October 22, and features Diddy, Meek Mill, Rick Ross, Big Sean, Timbaland, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Drake, and more.
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Dilla Donuts!!!!!! Track is still crazy tho
Never Surrender is fucking dope but Meek had no business being on that track with Scarface and Jada. He even used a fucking recycled verse word for word from his G5 freestyle!
Nas on this song instead of Meek and Akon would of been sick. A Khaled needs to stop talking at the start of every song.
only thing this dude suffering from is SUCKING!!! Put out the same joint every other year with the same/different cats, sell millions of copies of said joint(s)/singles on itunes…but can’t sell NO albums!!!
again, Khaled sells NO ALBUMS!!!! singles? yes. albums? no.
not one platinum plaque for an album…not even a gold one. singles? yes. albums? nope.
and i ain’t even on albums sales like that. i’m more on skill. this nigga is skilled at being a complete cornball. fuck khaled & his ilk.
Calm down lol It’s not that serious.
Khaled doesent have ro sell a gazillion albums ro be succesful, he’s an A&R for Def Jam and owns his own label but his specialty is putting together posse-cuts for the clubs which he does almost annually ro great success.
Khaled isn’t an artist, he doesent rap or sing or consider himself a super-producer yet every year he’s got another platinum or gold single with his name on it so let’s ease up with the hatred and salut the grind.
Birdman owns his label
Look at Anonymous 3 dickriding Khaled. LOL
i dont even think hes an A&R for def jam either, he used to be with def jam south but that was a while back
SO glad he didn’t put Ross on that song with Scarface and Jadakiss. Meek don’t belong either he almost ruins it. Fuck Akon too.
Stop repeating yourself with the Meek comment, we read the first comment, no need for spam.
only posted once you hoe
Don’t confuse a producer and a composer !! A composer is a beatmaker ! A producer is in the studio and get the rapper put his voice on the beat and do all the mix and sound setting. Scarface is right but he could add that a beatmaker is a composer before everything. It’s just a chain beatmaker aka composer then rapper preparing the text then producer mixing and editing the whole. That’s what Dre did on Lamar album ! The producer doesn’t do the music but make fit the music and the voice !!
you’re referencing an engineer…
Y’all should checkout thegrandreport, they got some good hip hop and viral videos on there
DX should do a little editorial to precise the roles in a team in the studio. It would be interesting to differentiate producer/composer/editor etc …
Its needed…Pretty obvious, since there is a lot people on the site who doesn’t know what a producer do ..
Dj khalil is a producer, and a good one..
But msjority of people who grew up in this “fruity loop/ im a producer because I make beats” era, never took the time to study the game and understand the tasks for a producer.
Dx should do a review to show the different roles in the studio. It would be cool.
DJ Khaled is a terrific producer and Dj. He’s the next grandmaster flash.
Its needed…Pretty obvious, since there is a lot people on the site who doesn’t know what a producer do ..
Dj khalil is a producer, and a good one..
But msjority of people who grew up in this “fruity loop/ im a producer because I make beats” era, never took the time to study the game and understand the tasks for a producer.
Making a beat is not the same as producing a song, just like adding a instruments to a beat doesn’t make u a beatmaker..
Post the song so we can talk about how meek mill don’t belong
I dont care if jesus christ comes back and praises DJ Khaled, hes a lame for life to me!
LMAO!!! Jesus wouldn’t. Khaled is a Muslim.
meek mill got some big ass lips in that video still
no way Khaled making a dime off this album with that many features and producers he gotta pay for
His most frequent collaborator is Rick Ross, who has appeared on 26 songs, among all seven of Khaled’s albums. The only other artist to appear on every album is Birdman, while Lil Wayne and Plies have appeared on six out of the seven.
Scarface makes a good point. DJ Khaled is more of a producer in the traditional, pre hip hop sense.
not really though. traditionally those producers had skills and talents, not a rolodex of industry phone numbers
This guy does not create the music, somebody sends a beat in and he says hey Ricky Rozay you come with a 16. You too Meek, and you too drake and and I’ll talk on the intro and part of the hook.
Technically it’s producing but he still ain’t doing shit, Especially if another artist just mailed his verse in. I swear too much credit is given these days.
“not really though. traditionally those producers had skills and talents, not a rolodex of industry phone numbers”
And today’s DJ’s plug in an Ipod in and press a button to cue up songs. There’s nothing wrong with taking shortcuts. That’s hip hop in today’s climate. If others do the heavy lifting for him yet he sees most of the cash, then more power to him.
MEEK MILL RAPS LIKE HES LOOKING FOR HIS LOST DOG
Yeah, this nigga’s on Molly.
Shit if I was Meek I would have asked Khaled to take me off the song or at least let me re do my verse!!! I could list 25 people who would have killed this shit and done the beat justice and not came with some recycled half ass verse
Khaled ain’t the Beat Novocaine no more…your mind must REALLY be playin’ tricks on you now, Uncle Face.
ROFL you wrong for that one, cuz.
i dont believe shit
Jeffrey Atkins about to smack both these wack nigguz
who is Jeffrey Atkins ?
JAHOVA RULE
dj khaled is one fat fuck
MEEK MILL RAP LIKE HE’S SELLIN HOT DOGS AT A BASEBALL GAME
You type like Michael J. Fox is your dad.
that makes no sense
so because his father has parkinsons disease which makes him shake he typed a sentence in all caps with no mistakes?
LMAO!!! Hell yeah!!! With all of that yelling and screaming.
i guess Hopsin is a 3 in 1…rapper,producer and beatmaker
Like the Meek Mill line made any sense. Dumb troll lol Still got you to respond. Now that makes no sense.
besides akon…was his plan to get all the fattest niggas in the game in one room?
if so…success
he don’t even make his own beats?! lol fuck outta here.